The history of World War III in Somalia

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Human rights abuses by the United Nations forces: From African Rights, 10 July 1997. It is four years since African Rights first drew attention to the fact that Belgian, Italian, and American troops serving with UNOSOM were committing a disturbingly high level of human rights violations in Somalia. During the war between UNOSOM and the Somali National Army of General Mohamed Farah Aidid between June and October 1993, senior officers in UNOSOM and the U.S. military gave orders for military actions that were grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.
US massacred 1,000 Somalis: By Richard Dowden, The Observer, Thursday 22 March 1998. As president Bill Clinton begins a six-country tour of Africa today, new evidence has emerged of how trapped U.S. troops indiscriminately fired on crowds of Somalis in Mogadishu in 1993, killing more than 1,000—five times the ‘official’ number.
U.S. Moves to Recolonize Africa: New Data on 1993 Pantagon Massacre in Somalia: By John Catalinotto, Workers World,, 2 April 1998. On Oct. 3, 1993, U.S. troops opened fire on the population in Mogadishu, Somalia, and killed 1,000 people in the ensuing slaughter. Far from ignorning Africa, U.S. imperialism in Africa has done great harm over a long period of time. The latest and most forceful such intervention was in Somalia in 1992-1993.
CARE aided US agents in Somalia: By Sue Neales and Andrew Clennell, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2000. CARE directly assisted US operatives during the UN-sanctioned intervention in Somalia. On December 15, 1992, two days before a UN force marched into Baidoa, CARE Australia sheltered, housed, transported and advised four US men who identified themselves to journalists as officers of the US State Department.
Fear of US strikes grips Somalia: Pan-African News Wire, Tuesday 11 December 2001. Fears of an imminent American air strike is gripping Somalia after reports that military aircraft have been conducting surveillance flights over the country. A regional analyst told IRIN it was unlikely the US would attack Somalia; It is much more likely that they are sending a message to Usama Bin-Ladin and Al-Qaeda that Somalia is no sanctuary.
The Long and Hidden History of the U.S in Somalia: By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet, 17 January 2002. Somalia is mentioned as the next possible target in the U.S.-led war against terrorism. U.S. officials believe that cells of the Al-Qaida terrorist network may have taken advantage of the absence of governmental authority to set up operation. The history of Somalia since the 1970s in the context of international politics.